Vernor Vinge (Author of A Fire Upon the Deep)

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Vernor Vinge

Born

in Waukesha, Wisconsin, The United States

October 02, 1944

Died

March 20, 2024

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction

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Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon The Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), his Hugo Award-winning novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1993 essay , in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 150,486 ratings · 7,854 reviews · 123 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 64,760 ratings — published 1992 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 34,459 ratings — published 1999 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating — 18,737 ratings — published 2006 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 7,192 ratings — published 1984 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 7,549 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 5,949 ratings — published 1986 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across Realtime 4.15 avg rating — 2,421 ratings — published 1986 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier 4.08 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names by Vernor Vinge, Bob Walters (Illustrator), Marvin Minsky (Afterword) 3.99 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge 3.97 avg rating — 1,146 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Vernor Vinge (?)

“So much technology, so little talent.”
― Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End

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“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: crying, hurting, sorrow

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“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: disasters, history, writing-history

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AUGUST SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for August 2015's Science Fiction BOTM.

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

16 votes, 22.5%

God's War by Kameron Hurley

13 votes, 18.3%

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

13 votes, 18.3%

The January Dancer by Michael Flynn

11 votes, 15.5%

The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

6 votes, 8.5%

Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson

4 votes, 5.6%

Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright

3 votes, 4.2%

The Walking Dead, Book One by Robert Kirkman

3 votes, 4.2%

Night Lamp by Jack Vance

2 votes, 2.8%

71 total votes

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